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Alan Saunders / Associated Press:
Suarez powers Reds past Pirates 7-4 — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eugenio Suarez hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 7-4 victory on Saturday night. — Pittsburgh opened the season with six wins in seven games …
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Bucs Dugout
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Pitcher Mike Mayers just keeps waiting — The scoreboard above the bullpen that catalogs time, temperature, and the name of any reliever warming up announced late Thursday, during the home opener, that Mike Mayers had started getting ready, presumably for an appearance. — Not so.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' bats heat up to beat Arizona on Busch III's coldest start
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Record low for Cardinals home game: 37 degrees
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News … and AZ Snake Pit
Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Franco, Altherr hit slams and Phillies rout Marlins 20-1 — PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Long counts and long drives helped the Philadelphia Phillies to an easy win. — Maikel Franco and Aaron Altherr each hit a grand slam, Carlos Santana and Jorge Alfaro also went deep and the Phillies routed the Miami Marlins 20-1 Saturday night.
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, The Good Phight, Fish Stripes and Phillies Nation
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Associated Press:
Just chillin': Record low cold in Minny, Mariners win — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Playing in a Twins-record low of 27 degrees, the Seattle Mariners eventually heated up at the plate as Kyle Seager and Guillermo Heredia homered Saturday in an 11-4 win over Minnesota.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Star Tribune:
Cold game, cold stats as Twins fall 11-4 to Mariners — It was 27 degrees at first pitch, and the Twins never got to heat up falling to 4-3 on the young season. — TEXT SIZE — Seattle broke open a close game with a five-run eighth inning on Saturday as they downed the Twins 11-4.
Discussion:
Lookout Landing and Twinkie Town
Mike Lupica / New York Daily News:
These Mets have the potential to make it feel like 2015 all over again in Queens — The Mets are good. Now they play the season to find out how good. Do you make lasting judgments about anybody before 10 games have been played? Come on. But you can see good things early.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Healthy Miguel Cabrera back smiling and hitting for Detroit Tigers — CHICAGO — Miguel Cabrera emerged from the Tigers' clubhouse on Saturday morning with a smile on his face. The temperature was 29 degrees at Guaranteed Rate Field, but he did not care. There was a baseball game …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Baseball notes: Sabathia goes on DL for banged-up Yankees — Banged-up Yankees put hurler Sabathia on the disabled list — The New York Yankees placed pitcher CC Sabathia and third baseman Brandon Drury on the 10-day disabled list. The moves Saturday came a day after New York lost to Baltimore 7-3 …
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Mark Gonzales / Baltimore Sun:
Ian Happ's two-run single in ninth helps lift Cubs to 5-2 victory — Chicago Tribune — Ian Happ's extended pause seemed as long as the wait for the Cubs' first clutch hit or the gap since closer Brandon Morrow's last appearance. — But the suspense was lifted in a manner that brought relief …
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Associated Press:
Padres 1B Hosmer overruns popup in 10th, Astros win 1-0 — HOUSTON (AP) - Four-time Gold Glove first baseman Eric Hosmer overran a towering popup with two outs in the 10th inning Saturday night, allowing the ball to fall without being touched and giving the Houston Astros a bizarre 1-0 win over the San Diego Padres.
Discussion:
Gaslamp Ball, MLB Baseball News … and The Crawfish Boxes
Associated Press:
Red Sox beat Rays 10-3 for 7th straight win — BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit the first grand slam for Boston since the end of the 2016 season and drove in a career-best six runs to carry the Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday for their seventh straight victory.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Rotoworld.com:
Dose: Martinez Gets His Shot — Opportunities have been rare and hard-won for Jose Martinez. — The now-28-year-old was signed by the White Sox as an amateur free agent in February 2006. He toiled in the minors for the next decade, being granted free agency and signing minor league contracts three different times.
Arnie Stapleton / Associated Press:
Rockies walk away with win … DENVER — Tony Wolters drew a bases-loaded walk off Arodys Vizcaino with two outs in the 10th inning, sending the Colorado Rockies to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. — After Carlos Gonzalez doubled down the left field line with one out …
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News … and Talking Chop
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Tom Withers / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Duda's homer carries Royals past Indians 1-0 — Kansas City Royals' Alex Gordon reacts after striking out to Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Cody Allen during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 6, 2018, in Cleveland. The Indians won 3-2. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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MLB Baseball News …
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Paul Sullivan / Baltimore Sun:
White Sox's play as cold as the weather in 6-1 loss to Tigers — Chicago Tribune — Growing up near Cincinnati, White Sox center fielder Adam Engel knows what it's like to play in subarctic conditions. — But before Saturday's 6-1 loss to the Tigers on a 32-degree afternoon on the South Side …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox starter Lucas Giolito still searching for consistency
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MLB Baseball News …
Michael Wagaman / Associated Press:
McClutch! McCutchen HR in 14th lifts Giants over Dodgers 7-5 — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer to cap a 12-pitch at-bat in the 14th inning, giving him a career-high six hits and the San Francisco Giants a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, True Blue LA and McCovey Chronicles
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Minor gives Rangers what they need on cold night without Beltre — ARLINGTON — On the day he turned 39, Adrian Beltre was not in the Texas Rangers' starting lineup. — The decision Saturday wasn't a gift to him, but his presumed begrudging acceptance of his first day off this season was a gift to the Texas Rangers.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Associated Press:
Assad leads South Bend to 1-0 win over West Michigan — SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Javier Assad allowed just three hits over five innings, leading the South Bend Cubs over the West Michigan Whitecaps in a 1-0 win on Saturday. — Assad (1-0) picked up the win after he struck out five.
Discussion:
Bleed Cubbie Blue
Mike Curto / Booth, Justice and the American Pastime:
Rainiers Fall to River Cats; Add Catcher — Tacoma fell to 1-1 on the season with an 8-2 loss to Sacramento on Friday night. It was a pleasant night at the ballpark (especially for April!), but the Rainiers never had the lead and couldn't really get anything going.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Baseball News … and The Seattle Times
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's to place Chad Pinder on DL, call up top prospect — ANAHEIM - The A's will be making another transaction Saturday along with adding outfielder Trayce Thompson. — The Chronicle has learned that utility player Chad Pinder will go on the disabled list with a hyperextended left knee …
Discussion:
Athletics Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
